GEN · West Bengal
Katwa
Mahaboob Zahedi (CPM) won by 1,06,202 votes (11.3%).
- Electors
- 11,14,733
- Votes polled
- 9,60,916
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 86.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 11.3% (median 9.4%). Back to West Bengal · 1996 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1999
- Margin · 2004
- 14.8%(+3.0%)
- Turnout
- 82.4%(+3.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 87.6%
Winning margin over time · Katwa
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahaboob ZahediWinner | CPM | 4,75,264 | 50.5% |
| 2 | Nurul Islam | INC | 3,69,062 | 39.2% |
| 3 | Shiba Prasad Roy | BJP | 77,338 | 8.2% |
| 4 | Gopenath Baskey | JMM | 9,078 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Paresh Banerjee | CPI(ML)(L) | 6,277 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Gopinath Mandi | IND | 1,962 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Sk. Younush Rahaman | IND | 1,464 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Brahamdeo Narayan Singh | IND | 1,356 | 0.1% |
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